U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
May 19, 2017
The last waltz with the FAA
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Monday reemphasizes the notion that its time for California courts stop dancing around the Federal Arbitration Act and fall into step with the supreme law of the land.
Steven B. Katz
Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
1800 Century Park E Fl 6
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 597-4553
Email: skatz@constangy.com
USC Law School
Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.
Last month, I described the California Supreme Court's latest move in its long struggle to throw off the yoke of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) as "The Arbitration Two-Step" (April 18, 2017). Monday's decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. Partnership v. Clark, 2017 DJDAR 4461 (May 15, 2017), definitively lays the Two-Step to rest. Ultimately at stake in California is the validity of two recent California Supreme Court decisions: McGill v. Citi...
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